June, 2016

• 16 June

  Virtual

  

  Vrse, a company that makes virtual-reality films and is known for helping create The New York Times’ VR projects, is changing its name to Within, and it announced a $12.56 million round of funding. “When you’re in VR, you’re experiencing something that you are within,” Drew Larner, the company’s chief operating officer, said in an …

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• 16 June

  Orlando gunman posted chilling Facebook messages during attack, senator says

  

  Orlando gunman Omar Mateen’s Facebook activities were apparently very telling, according to a letter a US senator sent to the social network’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Sen. Ron Johnson’s letter, dated Wednesday, requests that Facebook provide all data on the gunman’s “activities on his account and any affiliated Facebook accounts, including but not limited to activity logs, Facebook timeline information, Facebook …

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• 16 June

  Here’s what it’s like at Netflix’s Litchfield Penitentiary Cafeteria

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Get a taste of the Litchfield Penitentiary experience… 1:04 I don’t know about you, but I never want to go to prison. However, if you’re a fan of Netflix series “Orange is the New Black,” you might make an exception and visit the Litchfield Penitentiary Cafeteria in Singapore. With the next season of the show set …

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• 16 June

  Snapchat readies ‘Real Life,’ an online tech magazine

  

  Snapchat hasn’t given up on original content after all. The Venice, California-based company plans to launch a new online magazine called Real Life, which aims to break away from the norm by focusing on our lives with tech. “Real Life will publish essays, arguments, and narratives about living with technology,” Snapchat employee and social media critic Nathan Jurgenson explained in …

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• 16 June

  UberEats serves up UK expansion with London launch

  

  UberEats has launched in London, giving Brits a taste of Uber’s app-based food delivery service. From today, Londoners will be able to order food from their iOS or Android devices, or from Ubereats.com. Uber’s food service — which debuted in the US last year, and is already in Paris — will offer nosh from more than 150 restaurants in the …

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• 16 June

  Twitter takes on Facebook Live video

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Twitter live streaming (sort of) comes to iOS, Android 1:15 Facebook makes it super easy to start a live stream of whatever you want. The feature is built into the status update. A change to Twitter’s iOS and Android apps let you quickly live stream, but you have to use the Periscope app to do it. …

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• 16 June

  Hulu teams up with Disney to offer popular kids programing

  

  In keeping up with Netflix and Amazon, Hulu has just made a big investment in kids programing. The company on Thursday announced a content licensing agreement with The Disney-ABC Television Group. The deal will bring more than 500 episodes and more than 20 original movie titles from Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD to the Hulu Kids library. As …

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• 16 June

  Bam! Amazon wants to ‘Eat the World’ with Emeril Lagasse’s help

  

  Come September, Amazon Prime members can experience different cuisines around the globe with Emeril Lagasse as their guide. “Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse” is a six-episode Amazon original series that has the world-famous celebrity chef meeting up with other well-known chefs to introduce him to the culinary history, traditions and techniques of other cultures. The season will include a …

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• 16 June

  Facebook, Twitter, Google sued by father of student killed in Paris terror attacks

  

  Facebook, Twitter and Google are on the receiving end of a lawsuit from a man who claims they’re providing “material support” to terrorist groups such as ISIS. Reynaldo Gonzalez, whose daughter Nohemi was among the 130 people killed in the Paris attacks last November, filed his lawsuit Tuesday in the US District Court in the Northern District of California. The …

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• 15 June

  Nine tips to get the most out of the Gear Fit 2

  

  You’ve set up your Gear Fit 2, now what? Start within going through these settings to get the most our of your brand new smartwatch, fitness tracker combo. From changing watch faces or installing new ones from the store, to controlling Spotify from your wrist, there’s plenty of functionality hidden in the Fit 2. Watch faces There are a couple …

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